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| ![Cloverfield [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YpK0YYMSL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Matt Reeves
Actors: Mike Vogel, T.j. Miller, Lizzy Caplan, Jessica Lucas, Odette Yustman
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD
List Price: $39.99
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Rating:  615 reviews
Sales Rank: 915
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 84 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.5
MPN: 132854
UPC: 097361328546
EAN: 0097361328546
ASIN: B0018QCXGY
Theatrical Release Date: January 18, 2008
Release Date: June 3, 2008
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Its a B Movie and thats it... October 1, 2008
S J Buck (Kent, UK)
Despite the decent special effects and the comparative newness of the film being shown from the viewpoint of a hand held video camera this essentially just an old-fashioned monster movie. For me it only just merits 3 stars and heres why:
Good points:
The held held camera view was very effective in places and did give you a sense of the panic that can occur in disaster situations. The acting was decent and as already mentioned the special effects were well done.
Bad points:
The opening party sequence went on too long. All it was trying to tell us was that a couple had split up and that could have been done much quicker. After 10 minutes had gone by, in what is a short movie, I was beginning to wonder if I was watching the right film...
I accept that you have to suspend disbelief when watching films like this, but this had so many occasions when what happened lacked any credibility in reality (I'm talking about the Helicopter crash and the girl who was impaled on the steel pole to name two examples). I also got fed up with hearing people saying "oh my God" every 30 seconds. The hand-held camera use needed to be broken up. 84 mins was too long for a wobbly picture....
Having said all that it is worth seeing, as after the slow start its certainly an entertaining rollercoaster ride. But like I said at the start this is essentially a B Movie/Monster Movie, if you expect nothing else than you'll probably enjoy a fun movie. Expect any more and you might be disappointed
 Rent Godzilla instead September 29, 2008
D. Pauley (Charleston, WV)
While this film has a lot to recommend it, it is a disappointment overall. I liked the idea of a video record of an attack by a monster from the viewpoint of one person's camcorder. The performances in the film are good and the special effects are very well done. However, the overall effect never really gets you involved with the story. The monster is only seen in quick glimpses untill the very end of the film. There is no clear resolution to the film's story, other than you know that there is a military attack on the monster and that the camcorder was found later on. (Spoiler alert) You only know that most of the characters that you are watching die, one in a very gruesome way.
The films concept was a good one, I thought, but if you're going to see NYC trashed by a monster, get the remake of Godzilla. It's not a great film, but at least it doesn't take itself too seriously and has some fun to it. This film is a major downer and doesn't really hold together.
 Imperfect but entertaining September 29, 2008
Brian A. Schar (Menlo Park, CA United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The elevator pitch for this movie is Godzilla in Manhattan, with a different monster. And that's what you get in Cloverfield, a well-done low-budget movie that shows you don't need $100 million to make a decent movie. A group of friends at a going-away party, with a video camera, are in Manhattan when a monster shows up. Part of the genius of Cloverfield is that we don't know where the monster came from, what it's doing or what it wants. Every other movie of this genre is from the POV of the science guy who figures out how to fight the monster, whether with "plain ol' sodium!" ("Horror of Party Beach"), some kind of radio waves, ("Beginning of the End," as I recall), or by nuking the site to make sure. In "Cloverfield," the POV instead is that of the schmucks like us who would be running around wondering what the heck is going on after we find the head of the Statue of Liberty out in the street in front of the house.
On the downside, there's a little too much pre-monster time in the movie. And the video camera is magical - it has enough battery life to run through an entire party and a monster attack, with some left over to run the external light and Night Shot. Where do I get one of those? What's funny as well is that Cloverfield is supposed to look like it's shot on home video - so Blu-Ray is a little bit of overkill here.
But at 90 minutes, Cloverfield keeps moving fast enough so you don't think about the holes, and the movie doesn't outstay its welcome. It's at least worth a rent.
MST3K Fans Rejoice -- Rifftrax is Here! September 27, 2008
Jeff Eastwood (New Orleans, LA USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
"What if a monster attacked a city?" This is the shockingly novel concept behind the viral marketing triumph of the year! Filled with "fresh"* performances and "authentic"** cinematography, Cloverfield masterfully takes a page from The Blair Witch Project, reworking the snotty-20-somethings-endure-trauma-while-repeatedly-saying-dude genre into something unique while still being very much the same. Look for star turns by That Girl Who Was in Mean Girls and That One Dude Who Played Eric in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.
Mike, Kevin and Bill's RiffTrax was found by the Department of Defense (and then thrown away, but we dug it out of a garbage can.)
*Not very good.
**Not good at all.
 Best Monster Movie In A LONG Time September 27, 2008
Steven D. Hanks (Ohio, USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Brilliant and eerie, exactly the way a monster movie should be. Those blasting this movie just don't "get it". The Instant Gratification Generation needs everything explained to them and on top of that they want ALL the facts spoon fed to them. If that's what you're looking for, Cloverfield is not your movie. This film is deeper than most dramas, more suspenseful than most thrillers, and better than any recent monster type film. I have to admit, while stylistically perfect for the film, I grew tired of the shaky camera work. That is probably the only reason I won't watch this film twice...at least not for a while. This film is creepy the way all good horror/monster films should be. It harkens back to a day when simple elements of light (a la Creature From The Black Lagoon) create suspense. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
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